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 SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Librarians lend support to love of learning
Tas Govt media release, 29 Sep 2013
The Australian School Library Association held its biennial
conference in Hobart today...
ANZAC CENTENARY
Anzac Centenary grants available
 Tas Govt media release, 29 Sep 2013
Applications can now be made to
obtain grants for activities supporting the Centenary of Anzac
commemorations...
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Wi-fi harmful claim
The Mercury, 29 Sep 2013
A Swedish scientist says that as wi-fi radiation
emissions are continuous wi-fi networks should be banned in schools...
Students removed over wi-fi, The Mercury, 29 Sep 2013
Principal resigns over wi-fi sickness, The Mercury, 29 Sep 2013
Compensated over wi-fi headaches, The Mercury, 29 Sep 2013
TASMANIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
West Coast mayor dies
The Mercury, 28 Sep 2013
West Coast mayor Darryl Gerrity died early this morning...
 FEDERAL EDUCATION POLICY
Pyne's plan for teachers
The Mercury, 28 Sep 2013
New federal education minister
Christopher Pyne's plans include higher hurdles for aspiring
teachers and abolition of NAPLAN league tables ...
Pyne to reshape the curriculum, SMH, 28
Sep 2013
TASMANIAN TEACHERS
Lauderdale teacher the favourite
Tas Govt media release, 28 Sep 2013
The seven finalists of 101.7FM's Hobart's Favourite Primary School
Teacher competition have been named, with Lauderdale Primary's
Leeanne Clifford being declared the winner ...
MARKETING EDUCATION
Asian visitors show interest
Tas Govt media release, 27 Sep 2013
Education agents from Korea, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan and
Vietnam have been inspecting schools and colleges in Hobart and
Launceston under the successful Study Tasmania program, education
minister Nick McKim said today ...
BULLYING
Wear BLUE today
The Mercury, 27 Sep 2013
 Tasmanians are being urged to wear
blue today (Friday) to say no to bullying...
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
PUP wins seat
ABC Radio, 10.30am, 25 Sep 2013
The Palmer United
Party has won Tasmania's sixth Senate seat.
TAS EDUCATION SYSTEM
Literacy crisis in Tasmania?
ABC Radio National, 22 Sep 2013
 In an ABC Background Briefing
investigation the claim is made that half of Tasmanians are
functionally illiterate and part of the problem is the lack of
political will to close small schools to free up funds...
Govt and Libs reject small schools closures, ABC News, 23 Sep
2013
 STATE ELECTION
Wightman tipped as education spokesperson
The Examiner, 21 Sep 2013
Attorney-General and former school principal Brian
Wightman seems best placed to be Labor's education spokesperson in
the forthcoming state election campaign...
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Call to ban under-5s
The Mercury, 21 Sep 2013
Children who begin formal schooling before five years of age tend to
fall behind more readily, experts say...
 LITERACY AND NUMERACY
Boost literacy and numeracy teachers
ABC News, 20 Sep 2013
Every Tasmanian school should have a literacy and a numeracy
specialist, funded by closing small schools, an expert from the
Grattan Institute says ...
SCHOOL TO WORK
$50,000 to support school-to-work work
Tas Govt media release, 19 Sep 2013
 The Tasmanian government has given
$50,000 to the Beacon Foundation to support its widely respected
work in supporting the school-to-work transition of students ...
MAKING THE LAW AN ASS
Hopscotch crime fear
 ABC News, 19 Sep 2013
It appears that under new ant-grafitti laws in NSW it
will be a criminal offence for children to use chalk to draw
hopscotch squares on the footpath...
CYBER-BULLYING
Tasmanian bullying tragedy
The Mercury, 19 Sep 2013
A 15-year-old girl took her life shortly after being
bullied in Hobart's Elizabeth Street bus mall and through the
Internet...
Anti-bullying laws to be examined, Brian Wightman, Attorney-General, 19 Sep 2013
Review of laws to be held, The Examiner, 20 Sep 2013
 INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Protest by 15,000 school staff
ABC News, 18 Sep 2013
More than 60 WA schools will close tomorrow in a dispute over State
government education cuts ...
SCHOOL HOME AREA ZONES
Zones detrimental?
Michael Ferguson website, 18 Sep 2013
Parliamentary Secretary Rebecca White admits the Tasmanian
government's policy on school home areas will have a "detrimental
impact" on many families, Opposition education spokesman Michael
Ferguson claims. ...
STUDENT SUPPORT
More disability funds
Tas Govt media release, 16 Sep 2013
 The proposed Respectful Schools - Supporting
Student Need model is expected to provide more than $3
million in funding to help Tasmanian students with a disability ...
Respectful Schools [pdf]
$3m boost, The Mercury, 16 Sep 2013
Some will miss out, The Examiner, 22 Sep 2013
 FEDERAL MINISTRY
New federal ministers named
Daily Telegraph, 16 Sep 2013
Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has
named the new federal ministry.
The Minister for Education is Christopher Pyne...
See list
STUDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Techno overuse harm
 The Mercury, 14 Sep 2013
Students need to be educated about
the physical injuries they can suffer from overusing smartphones,
tablets and computers, an expert says...
NAPLAN
Science testing plans to be axed?
news.com.au, 13 Sep 2013
 The new Abbott government appears
likely to axe plans to add science testing to the NAPLAN tests...
NAPLAN
Senate inquiry for NAPLAN
Penny Wright website, 13 Sep 2013
Greens education spokesperson Penny
Wright says NAPLAN has become a high-stakes test that distracts
from student learning...
NAPLAN
Tas students lag in NAPLAN tests
ABC News, 13 Sep 2013
Tasmanian students are overall still
behind the rest of the nation according to the latest NAPLAN tests...
Improvements shown, NAPLAN 2013 Tasmania summary [pdf]
Consolidation of progress, Nick McKim, Minister for Education
and Skills, 13 Sep 2013
State struggling, The Examiner, 13 Sep 2013
Disappointing results, Michael Ferguson, Opposition education
spokesperson, 13 Sep 2013
SCHOOL HOME AREA ZONES
Rezoning wishes examined
ABC News, 13 Sep 2013
Over 150 submissions on proposed school home area zone changes in
Tasmania are now under consideration...
FINANCIAL LITERACY
 UK promotes financial education
The Telegraph, 12 Sep 2013
The UK national curriculum now includes personal finance
and learning about government revenue raising and spending...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Are principals still needed?
The Examiner, 12 Sep 2013
The Tasmanian Principals Association has called for a review of the
role of school principals...
ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS
When evaluation of teachers goes terribly
wrong
Washington Post, 8 Sep 2013
 The career of a New York teacher who received a top
assessment from her principal was thrown into turmoil because some
of her disadvantaged students did not take their standardised test
seriously as it didn't count towards their own marks...
Election Results
Reps seats so far (ABC)
Senate seats so far (ABC)
Party Totals (ABC)
Electorates (ABC)
MARKETING EDUCATION
TCE subjects go into China
The Mercury, 6 Sep 2013
Tasmanian and Chinese exchange teachers are to enable Tasmanian
Certificate of Education subjects to be taught at a Chinese
secondary school...
Building China links, Tas Govt media release, 6 Sep 2013
FINANCIAL LITERACY
MoneySmart taking off
SMH, 5 Sep 2013
 ASIC's MoneySmart program is meeting a need for today's
students but many schools already run financial literacy programs
with good features...
MoneySmart (ASIC)
FEDERAL ELECTION
Political couriers
The Examiner, 5 Sep 2013
Following a complaint by a group of Hagley Farm Primary parents,
schools have been warned not to send home any political material
such as the I Give a Gonski flyer ...
Propaganda spreaders, Michael Ferguson website, 4 Sep 2013
School newsletters compromised, Michael Ferguson website, 5 Sep 2013
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Fear over Claremont College teacher loss
The Mercury, 4 Sep 2013
Claremont College is at risk of losing dozens of teachers and core
programs, the Tasmanian Education Association says...
FEDERAL ELECTION
Curriculum warning
The Australian, 4 Sep 2013
Opposition education spokesperson Christopher Pyne has warned
teacher unions not to stand in the way if a Coalition government
attempts to depoliticise the national curriculum...
Review of curriculum, news.com.au, 3 Sep 2013
FEDERAL ELECTION
Advert 'overreaches'
ABC News, 2 Sep 2013
An ABC News Fact Check claims that Labor's advertisement on
Coalition school funding 'overreaches' in suggesting the difference
between Labor's six-year promise and the Coalition's four-year
promise means bigger classes and fewer teachers...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Maths teacher shortage poses problem
The Mercury, 2 Sep 2013
Schools need more qualified maths teachers, the Australian
Mathematical Sciences Institute says ...
BETTER SCHOOLS (GONSKI)
Less Gonski money for students
Michael Ferguson website, 1 Sep 2013
A comment by education minister Nick McKim about Better Schools
funding's "onerous reporting requirements" means there will be less
money spent on students than expected, Opposition education
spokesperson Michael Ferguson says...
FEDERAL ELECTION
Fund TAFE or else
The Age, 1 Sep 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told states that he will take away
their control of TAFE funding if they do not adequately support the
TAFE system...
TAFE control threat, The Mercury, 2 Sep 2013
$111m TAFE axe, Christopher Pyne website, 4 Sep 2013
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